INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Four people were killed and one was wounded when multiple shooters opened fire at a house party near Los Angeles early Sunday, authorities said. Police responded around 1:30 a.m. to reports of shots fired at a home in the city of Inglewood, Mayor James Butts told reporters. Two women and two men…Continue Reading
Gunfire rang out late Sunday near the home of embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, raising the spectre that a military coup might still be underway after mutinous soldiers seized a military base earlier in the day.Mutinous soldiers are seen in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Sunday. (Sophie Garcia/The Associated Press)Gunfire rang out late Sunday near…Continue Reading
The ECHL swiftly suspended defenceman Jacob Panetta for an apparent racial gesture toward fellow Canadian Jordan Subban of South Carolina Stingrays during Saturday’s game. The Jacksonville Icemen later released Panetta, a 26-year-old from Belleville, Ont.The ECHL has suspended defenceman Jacob Panetta, left, indefinitely after fellow Canadian player Jordan Subban of South Carolina Stingrays accused him…Continue Reading
The federal government is revoking two supply contracts with Supermax Healthcare Canada worth more than $222 million, following allegations the nitrile gloves it manufactured in Malaysia for use by Canadian health-care workers were made with forced labour. (Massimo Pinca/Reuters)Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this…Continue Reading
Owners of shoddily built homes in Alberta say they are no closer to compensation after turning to an industry advocate who claims he has been overwhelmed by clients seeking repairs.Alberta homeowners Deborah Teichroeb and Adetola Wall, top and bottom left, say they hired John McKale, right, from Home Warranty Advocates but didn’t get the services…Continue Reading
A movement to honour Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman in the world to graduate from university, with a statue in Padua’s Prato della Valle square has sparked a national debate in Italy about historical conservation and gender representation in monuments.Margherita Colonnello, a city councillor in the northern Italian city of Padua, stands beside…Continue Reading
